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Private G W A SMIT

Service Number: 108097V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

III, D, 1.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Matthys L. and Alberth J. Smit; husband of Irene Smit, of Plumstead, Cape Town. .
  • Personal Inscription THE SWEETEST OF MEMORIES HE LEFT. EVER REMEMBERED BY WIFE AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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